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State of South Dakota
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SEVENTY-FOURTH
SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 1999 |
| 400C0228 |
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
ENGROSSED
NO.
SB23
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1/26/99
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| Introduced by: The Committee on Education at the request of the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs |
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to
require children receiving alternative instruction to take
an achievement test to assess writing skills.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: Section 1. That § 13-27-3 be amended to read as follows:
13-27-3. A child shall be excused from school attendance, pursuant to § 13-27-2, because the child is otherwise provided with alternative instruction for an equivalent period of time, as in the public schools, in the basic skills of language arts and mathematics. The parent or guardian of the child shall identify in the application the place where the child will be instructed and any individual who will instruct the child. The individuals are not required to be certified. The secretary of the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs may investigate and determine whether the instruction is being provided. Failure to provide instruction is grounds for the school board, upon thirty days notice, to revoke the excuse from school attendance. The secretary of the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs may inspect the records of an alternative education program with fourteen days written notice if the secretary has probable cause to believe the program is not in compliance with this section. The records to be inspected are
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: Section 1. That § 13-27-3 be amended to read as follows:
13-27-3. A child shall be excused from school attendance, pursuant to § 13-27-2, because the child is otherwise provided with alternative instruction for an equivalent period of time, as in the public schools, in the basic skills of language arts and mathematics. The parent or guardian of the child shall identify in the application the place where the child will be instructed and any individual who will instruct the child. The individuals are not required to be certified. The secretary of the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs may investigate and determine whether the instruction is being provided. Failure to provide instruction is grounds for the school board, upon thirty days notice, to revoke the excuse from school attendance. The secretary of the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs may inspect the records of an alternative education program with fourteen days written notice if the secretary has probable cause to believe the program is not in compliance with this section. The records to be inspected are
limited to attendance and evidence showing academic progress.
No individual may instruct more than twenty-two children. All instructions shall be given so
as to lead to a mastery of the English language. Children receiving alternative instruction who
are in grades tested under the state testing program shall take a nationally standardized
achievement test of the basic skills
and an achievement test to assess writing skills
. The
test
tests
may be the
test
tests
provided by the state and used in the public school district where the child
is instructed
or another nationally standardized achievement test
of the basic skills and another
achievement test to assess writing skills
may be chosen by and provided at the expense of the
child's parent, guardian, or school giving alternative instruction. The
test
tests
may be monitored
by the local school district where the child is instructed.
BILL HISTORY
1/12/99 First read in Senate and referred to Education. S.J. 19
1/14/99 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
1/14/99 Education Deferred to another day, AYES 0, NAYS 0.
1/21/99 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
1/21/99 Education Deferred to another day.
1/26/99 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
1/26/99 Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 5, NAYS 2. S.J. 190
BILL HISTORY
1/12/99 First read in Senate and referred to Education. S.J. 19
1/14/99 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
1/14/99 Education Deferred to another day, AYES 0, NAYS 0.
1/21/99 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
1/21/99 Education Deferred to another day.
1/26/99 Scheduled for Committee hearing on this date.
1/26/99 Education Do Pass Amended, Passed, AYES 5, NAYS 2. S.J. 190
